Jason Magder, Montreal Gazette

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In 2012, the city installed a virtual gauge, to measure the height of incoming trucks on southbound Guy St. A laser is affixed to a street lamp, and it measures the height of the trucks. If a truck is judged to be too high to clear the structure, a sign on the overpass warns the driver with the message: "impact."

With only a few exceptions — in every major city — trains, subways, monorails and bus services are heavily subsidized by government, with citizens picking up just a fraction of the tab through fares.
That's why it's so baffling that the country's largest pension fund — itself no stranger to public transit investments — had the audacity to announce last month that it will build two major train lines within five years at a cost of $5 billion, and turn a profit for its investors over the long run.

A Montreal CEGEP is defending its decision to sever ties with an Arabic language school for children saying it was perturbed by links on the school’s website that said a secular education is bad for Muslims.